Citizenship, Agency and Public Spaces in a Central Serbian Town

! e article addresses the ways in which public spaces have been recon" gured since the end of socialism in Jagodina, a medium-sized industrial town in central Serbia. Unlike the majority of provincial towns, Jagodina experienced extensive building over the last decade. It is viewed as a success-story, and as a rare Serbian provincial town which has managed to develop economically in spite of the challenging economic and political circumstances in the country. ! is extensive building signi" cantly in) uenced the nature of public space in the town, producing con) icting imaginations of modernity, which play an important role in shaping citizenship, moralities and the political subjectivities of people inhabiting an urban space.